
Henry Travers
Biography
British-born Henry Travers was a veteran of the English stage before emigrating to the U.S. in 1917. He gained more stage experience there on Broadway working with the Theatre Guild, and began his long film career with Reunion in Vienna (1933). Travers' kindly, grandfatherly demeanor became familiar to filmgoers over the next 25 years, especially in films like High Sierra (1941), where he played Joan Leslie's kindly but slyly observant uncle, and the generous Mr. Bogardus in The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), but it's as the somewhat befuddled angel Clarence Oddbody assigned to James Stewart in the classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946) that Travers will forever be known. After a long and successful career, he retired from the screen in 1949, and died in Hollywood in 1965.
Acting (53 movies)

It's a Wonderful Life
1946

The Invisible Man
1933

Shadow of a Doubt
1943

Random Harvest
1942

The Bells of St. Mary's
1945

The Naughty Nineties
1945

High Sierra
1941

Mrs. Miniver
1942

Dark Victory
1939

Ball of Fire
1941

Madame Curie
1943

Edison, the Man
1940

The Flame
1947

None Shall Escape
1944

Dodge City
1939

Primrose Path
1940

The Yearling
1946

Born to Be Bad
1934

Another Language
1933

Four Hours to Kill!
1935

Dragon Seed
1944

The Moon Is Down
1943

Anne of Windy Poplars
1940

Pursuit
1935

Escapade
1935

Too Many Parents
1936

Reunion in Vienna
1933

Maybe It's Love
1935

I'll Wait for You
1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941

Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935

The Very Thought of You
1944

Remember?
1939

Thrill of a Romance
1945

On Borrowed Time
1939

My Weakness
1933

Stanley and Livingstone
1939

The Rains Came
1939

Gallant Journey
1946

The Accused
1949

Wyoming
1940

Ready for Love
1934

After Office Hours
1935

Beyond Glory
1948

The Girl from Jones Beach
1949

The Sisters
1938

The Bad Man
1941

Death Takes a Holiday
1934

Pierre of the Plains
1942

Captain Hurricane
1935

You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939

The Party's Over
1934

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
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